Prospectus Hit List for June 6

Hit List for June 5
Hit List for June 7Hit List updates are published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, starting April 2, 2014. Data presented here is based on games through the day prior to publication.Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

26.7

.439

.459

0.5%

0.6%

1.1%

-0.1%

0.6%

31

26

35.8

39.7

39.2

.607

.625

84.7%

5.0%

89.7%

-1.1%

0.2%

They've scored 30 runs in their last eight games; 10 each in two games, and three shutouts.

16

16

44

19.7

16.8

16.6

.343

.326

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Juan Pierre had more career plate appearances than the other eight men in their lineup by over 6,000.

17

22

38

21.4

19.2

21.5

.367

.385

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Another failure to lose a baseball game. These guys have truly lost it.

18

24

32

27.0

22.3

22.7

.450

.470

1.1%

1.1%

2.3%

0.9%

-0.1%

It's hard to tell if George Brett as hitting coach has made an impact, but nobody's been ejected over pine tar so probably not.

19

22

36

23.0

23.9

25.2

.444

.424

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

-0.2%

-0.4%

Not enough attention is being made about the Brewers having a player named Scooter Gennett. This is criminal.

20

27

32

26.6

26.5

26.4

.461

.442

2.1%

1.4%

3.5%

1.3%

-0.5%

They're the only team this year who has yet to hit a home run on Thursday. They hate Thursdays almost as much as they hate the absence of camouflage.

21

36

24

36.8

36.5

35.5

.581

.561

37.8%

48.6%

86.4%

-1.5%

-0.7%

Cesar Izturis's career June OPS (.504) is more than 100 points below any other month. His least favorite insect: june bug. Least favorite Cleaver: oddly enough, Ward.

22

23

33

23.7

23.3

22.7

.449

.429

0.6%

1.2%

1.9%

0.5%

-1.7%

Marlon Byrd hit two home runs in the first three innings, because if you get your work done early you can sneak out and catch a matinee.

23

25

34

25.8

25.0

26.5

.466

.486

0.2%

1.0%

1.2%

0.3%

-1.8%

R.A. Dickey allowed two singles and hit a double of his own, which should offset each other and equal a no-hitter if I were president.

24

34

25

30.8

29.0

29.5

.544

.564

36.1%

31.3%

67.4%

4.4%

-4.1%

Travis Hafner has four home runs in eight games against the Indians. He should have left Cleveland years ago!

25

25

32

24.1

23.5

22.2

.442

.462

1.4%

1.1%

2.5%

0.8%

-5.4%

Ocean's Fourteen (3 1/2 stars): Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and crew get together for one last hurrah by rigging the 14th inning of the White Sox-Mariners game as a decoy to rob every Starbucks in Seattle.

26

25

33

24.2

26.2

26.2

.506

.486

10.4%

6.1%

16.5%

-5.8%

-7.2%

Only one player (Adrian Gonzalez) has more than 20 RBI for the team. The Brewers have five such players.

27

35

25

31.4

29.9

30.7

.515

.495

8.5%

38.7%

47.2%

-4.5%

-11.8%

This is most definitely the year the Pirates finally make the playoffs. All that's left to figure out is whether or not jinxes are real.

28

30

29

30.7

30.2

30.9

.505

.525

12.4%

12.4%

24.8%

-3.4%

-12.0%

Corey Kluber was relieved by Matt Langwell, but you'd think the Kluber-Langwell combination would be more suited for a Chicago team.

29

26

34

28.3

30.0

28.6

.516

.536

1.9%

9.1%

11.0%

-3.4%

-12.0%

Two of Mark Trumbo's three multi-homer games have been against the National League, but I'm not sure what they did to anger him, other than insult his family name.

30

29

30

25.4

25.3

25.6

.488

.468

10.7%

15.7%

26.3%

-3.7%

-12.4%

They're free falling in the standings, just like that one Tom Petty song, "Mary Jane's Last Dance."